Link between gut bacteria & controlling stress
Bacteria in the gut play a key role in the control of stress throughout the day, by interacting with the body’s internal clock, a study...
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Bob Tolliday
Sep 301 min read
EARA expands membership in Ireland
A significant number of institutions in Ireland that use animals, or support the use of animals in science, have now joined EARA. This...
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 81 min read
Mouse study on anxiety disorder
Researchers in Ireland and Germany have discovered that certain gut microbes influence social anxiety disorder (SAD).
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20231 min read
EARA News Digest top stories of 2023
Here is a selection of the most-read research stories in the EARA News Digest this year: In January, EARA member the University of...
Gege Li
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Alzheimer’s transferred to rats via gut bacteria
Memory loss and other characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease can be transferred to healthy rats by giving them gut bacteria from...
Gege Li
Jul 24, 20231 min read
The role of a protein in immunity & TB
Scientists in Ireland, using rats, have shed light on the effect a protein has on the immune system to impair its response to...
Gege Li
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Treating eye conditions
Irish researchers have developed a new approach to treat glaucoma, tested first in mice and monkeys. Glaucoma affects around 80 million...
Gege Li
May 15, 20231 min read
How the gut affects the brain, using mice
In a Q&A interview for the European Parliament, a leading neuroscientist has highlighted how signals between gut bacteria and the brain...
Gege Li
Jan 16, 20231 min read
Unexpected function in immune system
Researchers have found, using studies in human cells and mice, that a protein may give greater insights into how to treat autoimmune...
Gege Li
Nov 14, 20221 min read
Shedding light on sleep and diseases
Several recent studies in mice have helped our understanding of sleep and how it is linked to stress and diseases such as Alzheimer's. A...
Ana Barros
Dec 6, 20211 min read
EARA at Oxford webinar
An online event, tomorrow (7 Dec) to discuss developments in 3Rs practices will also feature a talk by EARA Executive Director, Kirk...
Ana Barros
Aug 16, 20211 min read
Gut bacteria rewind ageing brain
Scientists at University College Cork, Ireland, have shown the effect that bacteria in the intestine can have on behaviour and brain...
Ana Barros
Feb 28, 20201 min read
Twitter ambassadors needed in Germany and Ireland
The European Animal Research Association is looking for Twitter ambassadors in Germany and Ireland. An EARA Twitter ambassador is...
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